This blog was designed to discusss problems around housing the homeless in Australia and to create innovative new housing options. Written from the viewpoint of a rooming house operator. It will be a no nonsence expose of what is really happening behind closed doors whilst we await the decisions of DHS Inquiry into Rooming Houses. Will also cover my views on tax, banking, economic policy issues in both Australia and USA.

Follow by Email

Saturday, 5 May 2012

The USA CANNOT afford full employment if your unemployed suddenly got jobs tomorrow they would want a new car to be IMPORTED, more fuel IMPORTED, new washing machine IMPORTED, new TV IMPORTED..new mobile hone IMPORTED…better new apartments RENT INCREASES OF ENORMOUS PERCENTAGES, new houses..IMPORTED FROM CHINA, digital camera..IMPORTED, more food…IMPORTED FROM ASIA.

WORK IT OUT NOW.... How many unemployed do you have now, plus how many homeless multiply that by total expected imports = MULTI TRILLION DOLLAR BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICITS, EXCALLATING WAGE DEMANDS= HYPER INFLATION FOR THE REST OF THE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED PEOPLE, HIGHER INTEREST RATES TO 15% my guestimate.

So may I suggest you need just a few more people in jobs but not everyone in jobs to disrupt your current cozy lifestyle?

GILLYSROOMS
IN AUSTRALIA, the statement you made that nobody want’s to pay taxes here is
what I call a global statement. Some people here don’t mind paying taxes if
they are used for the right purposes. And your statement that Republicans don’t
want to share their wealth is also a global statement about Republicans. Does
anybody really want to “share their wealth”? I know a lot of Republicans that
donate to charities and who support worthy causes. But you are right that most
conservatives don’t want to share their wealth with people who don’t do
anything to earn it.

How do you define needy people?Can they be lazy and needy too?You say that “I know a lot of Republicans that donate to charities and who support worthy causes.”Can you define worthy causes and charities ? Are these worthy cause like the Salvation Army who provide money and assistance to the criminally insane, thieves and vagabonds regarded as worthy causes?

I would object to the waste of money on the con artists and thieving actors who they assist every day so these “poor vulnerable people” or rather i call them lazy [maybe also needy] con artists can use their other money for alcohol and drugs. Why do wealthy people indirectly donate so much to these lazy class of thieves?

No I don’t agree to support these types of needy people. I would rather the wealthy donate to build museums or direct funds to medical science under conditions that discoveries be used to provide cheaper medicines for the general public.

Of the $Billions donated over the last 50 years for medical research, why is it that Cancer cures cost so much? Who is using this free research funding to discover cures and then selling them for excessive pricings? I would like donations to have strings attached.

I would much more agree that the lazy hobos remain on the streets and sleep under bridges as this class of person, well at least in Australia…I class as REJECTS, their families don’t want them, their friends don’t want them, and even the social workers wont house them preferring to pass them on to charities who waste their money on them.

Most have psychiatric problems, have personality problems and are just plain dangerous because they can’t live with strangers or family members, so why should anyone else take the risk to house them?

You want a say on how the government spends your tax money…but unfortunately its not that easy unless you work in government and have the authority…but alas the taxation system does NOT work to meet your personal expenditure requirements and those of every citizen who pays taxes…the only choice you have is an average choice…a communal choice as determined by millions of voters who vote for Members of your Congress, Senate and President who once chosen rely on the public services to administer the trillions of tax collections. Funnily enough these people remain in employment no matter how many administrations come and go ….their personalities do not change if suddenly the republicans win…unless the Republicans make specific directions in their policy adoption processes, The President and his men…have NO SAY in the Public servants offices. So i laugh at all the forum participants who blame OBAMA for all your current problems…when Obama represents the aspirations of all the Democrat supporters who voted him in last time and those who intend to vote for him again next time.

I support Dr. Ron Paul because he offers a seismic shift in policy whereas Mitt is just another Obama….Mitt cant offer anything new, whereas RON PAUL does. RON PAUL is different, he is better and put him in the limelight in debates and people will understand his wisdom. Mitt does not imprress me at all even though I’m in Australia …but i believe your treating your voters with contempt when you wish to put up MITT as a substandard product for sale/ on offer….they will choose Obama. Im sure Mitt is a nice enough guy…but voters want standout candidates which Ron Paul is. The Republicans should not gamble with Mitt unless they want to lose…

Its either RON PAUL or OBAMA in my view. .

I support RON PAUL’s policies because they are self-evident and honest…why go try find any alternative. You have had him for 40 years but you Americans have kept him under wraps WHY? Is it because you want things to remain the same? It goes to the root of the lack of honesty in many of your debaters who can’t debate rationally on policies …the very policies which RON PAUL offers but some of you are looking for someone younger better looking…in Mitt…but that won’t win you a Republican President.

In the end, I too have to accept what you Americans choose …but I can sure try hard to make you see the light. …the TREASURE you have before your eyes….sometimes i think you Americans enjoy choosing losers so that you can continue to complain about OBAMA…its part of the pleasure pain syndrome…you enjoy the pleasure of complaining about OBAMA the man instead of voting in RON PAUL your saviour…who you maybe don’t really believe in lower taxes and govt waste. You enjoy shooting yourselves in the foot….that’s my honest ,,no nonsense opinion…today.

Further, your country could not afford full employment if your unemployed suddenly got jobs tomorrow they would want a new car,,,IMPORTED, more fuel IMPORTED, new washing machine IMPORTED, new TV IMPORTED..new mobile hone IMPORTED…better new apartments RENT INCREASES OF ENORMOUS PERCENTAGES, new houses..IMPORTED FROM CHINA, digital camera..IMPORTED, more food…IMPORTED FROM ASIA. How many unemployed do you have now, plus how many homeless multiply that by total expected imports + MULTI TRILLION DOLLAR BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICITS, EXCALLATING WAGE DEMANDS= HYPER INFLATION FOR THE REST OF THE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED PEOPLE, HIGHER INTEREST RATES TO 15% my guestimate. So may I suggest you need just a few more in jobs but not everyone in jobs to disrupt your current cozy lifestyle?

MY reply

A great
deal of what you say is totally correct that wealth usually comes from unfetted
free enterprise, HOWEVER the corruption within government of offering contracts
to many corporations using government tax revenues has put your and many other
nations in deficit from , THEY ARE LIVING OFF TAXES TOO. CORPORATE WELFARE IF
YOU WILL. Those corporations who rely on government contracts for military
purchases and roads and other essentials are not living directly of free
enterprise activities. And many of your unemployed are living on government
welfare so they can purchase food from your farms. So do you wish taxes to
reduce after stopping food stamps and social welfare or stop money for roads or
military wages?

America’s
problems seem to stem from a belief that no one should pay taxes and that all
government departments should close down except for the military and the
police. No one wants to pay any tax and Republicans supporters most especially
don’t want to share their wealth with anyone. They believe that they have
worked hard using their skills to build and operate a business which is earning
them an income and profit and why should they have to share that with others
and strangers at that, as after all our profits are due to our hard work and
skills at using cheap labor in America or the Asian countries and not due to
government policies or the poorer being given money to buy our food and goods
using food stamps.

Oh No, our
businesses run independently to the American economy and we dont need others to
steal our money through taxation. We want the lazy unemployed masses to beg and
sleep under bridges or the streets and not be supported by government handouts.
We want poor Americans to camp out in our bus stations and parks and beg for
food and if they get too desperate and dare to try to steal food then the
police can put them in concentration camps where they can earn their keep and
food by breaking rocks for road construction companies who charge tolls for
using their roads. Why should your poor be offered work for a reasonable wage
if we can employ workers from China at $1 per hour. We only want to sell cars to
other business people who can afford our high priced Ford motor vehicles and
the poor can just learn to walk instead or get a bike. Charity is only optional
if the churches themselves can get donations from other silly people who want
to offer food and shelter to the millions of poor who will be sleeping in
doorways and camping along rivers and parks and really who cares if they die
freezing to death…they not our problem and certainly not the American way and
certainly not the Christian way of doing things…nowhere in the bible does it
say we should help the poor and disadvantaged, the lazy and the weak. Oh no we
want to keep our money in gold.and not houses which might have desperate and
dangerous squatters living in them who cant afford to pay rent because they can’t
even afford to buy food after the Republican government scraps the food stamp
program. .

Everyone
needs to pay taxes to keep your economy going and its up to your
representatives who you been voting in for the last 300 years to do what the majority
wants them to do even if you as an individual or a group do not agree with the
results.. That’s life, but some of you guys can’t accept the results of every
one of your elections and continue to be bad losers when your party does not
win. You act in a treasonous way with what some of you and your representative
do against the good running of your elected or part majority elected
government. I don’t blame you for being that way as it is the nature of men who
have strong political beliefs and I myself do it sometimes too. Every time you
have an election the losers complain that they could do it better and when they
do win…THEY DO LITTLE to improve your economic situation.

Taxes
cannot be apportioned according to some fair sharing system…it does not work
that way. , Unfortunately your economy is not structured to suddenly cut
expenditure programs to counterbalance lower taxes, that instant program will
put your economy into a much worse situation than your in now…it will nosedive
and gold prices will rise substantially for the benefit of traders and the
major holders of gold such as the Chinese.

Those of
you who might like to make more money out of such a scenario would in my
opinion be unpatriotic to wish to profit from the demise of everyone else in
your community

The
reality is that your economy cannot operate without more people or corporations
paying higher taxes…and so get on with it and pay more income taxes or pay more
by losing everything in your financial collapse..I CANT PUT IT IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE.
iF YOU PAY MORE TAXES, THEN YOU WILL MAKE MORE MONEY AND GET TO KEEP WHAT YOU
OWN NOW. LOOK AT THE SO CALLED SMART GREEKS…HOW SMART ARE THEY NOW??? DO YOU
WISH TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS TOO?? JUST THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF
YOUR CONTINUAL EGO BICKERING IN CONGRESS. ITS A TOTAL DISGRACE…

AND UNTIL
YOU REPUBLICANS SUPPORT BY NOMINATING DR RON PAUL , then i’m going to believe
that they too agree that more people are going to need to pay higher taxes to
balance your budget. There are only TWO solutions…DR RON PAUL OR OBAMA. Mitt is
just another Obama just another Democrat in sheeps clothing. So basically when
you Republicans become honest by supporting honest candidates like Ron
Paul…then I’ll believe your talk. Until then I DONT BELIEVE ANYONE EXCEPT RON
PAUL.

How do you
define needy people?
Can they be lazy and needy too?
You say that “I know a lot of Republicans that donate to charities and who
support worthy causes.”
Can you define worthy causes and charities ? Are these worthy cause like the
Salvation Army who provide money and assistance to the criminally insane, thieves
and vagabonds regarded as worthy causes?

I would
object to the waste of money on the con artists and thieving actors who they
assist every day so these “poor vulnerable people” or rather i call them lazy
[maybe also needy] con artists can use their other money for alcohol and drugs.
Why do wealthy people indirectly donate so much to these lazy class of thieves?

No I don’t
agree to support these types of needy people. I would rather the wealthy donate
to build museums or direct funds to medical science under conditions that
discoveries be used to provide cheaper medicines for the general public.

Of the
$Billions donated over the last 50 years for medical research, why is it that
Cancer cures cost so much? Who is using this free research funding to discover
cures and then selling them for excessive pricings? I would like donations to
have strings attached.

I would
much more agree that the lazy hobos remain on the streets and sleep under
bridges as this class of person, well at least in Australia…I class as REJECTS,
their families don’t want them, their friends don’t want them, and even the
social workers wont house them preferring to pass them on to charities who
waste their money on them.

Most have psychiatric
problems, have personality problems and are just plain dangerous because they can’t
live with strangers or family members, so why should anyone else take the risk
to house them?

You want a
say on how the government spends your tax money…but unfortunately its not that
easy unless you work in government and have the authority…but alas the taxation
system does NOT work to meet your personal expenditure requirements and those of
every citizen who pays taxes…the only choice you have is an average choice…a
communal choice as determined by millions of voters who vote for Members of
your Congress, Senate and President who once chosen rely on the public services
to administer the trillions of tax collections. Funnily enough these people
remain in employment no matter how many administrations come and go ….their
personalities do not change if suddenly the republicans win…unless the
Republicans make specific directions in their policy adoption processes, The
President and his men…have NO SAY in the Public servants offices. So i laugh at
all the forum participants who blame OBAMA for all your current problems…when
Obama represents the aspirations of all the Democrat supporters who voted him
in last time and those who intend to vote for him again next time.

I support
Dr. Ron Paul because he offers a seismic shift in policy whereas Mitt is just
another Obama….Mitt cant offer anything new, whereas RON PAUL does. RON PAUL is
different, he is better and put him in the limelight in debates and people will
understand his wisdom. Mitt does not imprress me at all even though I’m in
Australia …but i believe your treating to voters with contempt when you wish to
put up MITT as a substandard product for sale/ on offer….they will choose
Obama. Im sure Mitt is a nice enough guy…but voters want standout candidates
which Ron Paul is. The Republicans should not gamble with Mitt unless they want
to lose…

Its either
RON PAUL or OBAMA in my view. .

I support
RON PAUL’s policies because they are self-evident and honest…why go try find
any alternative. You have had him for 40 years but you Americans have kept him
under wraps WHY? Is it because you want things to remain the same? It goes to
the root of the lack of honesty in many of your debaters who can’t debate
rationally on policies …the very policies which RON PAUL offers but some of you
are looking for someone younger better looking…in Mitt…but that won’t win you a
Republican President.

In the
end, I too have to accept what you Americans choose …but I can sure try hard to
make you see the light. …the TREASURE you have before your eyes….sometimes i
think you Americans enjoy choosing losers so that you can continue to complain
about OBAMA…its part of the pleasure pain syndrome…you enjoy the pleasure of
complaining about OBAMA the man instead of voting in RON PAUL your saviour…who
you maybe don’t really believe in lower taxes and govt waste. You enjoy
shooting yourselves in the foot….that’s my honest ,,no nonsense opinion…today.

Further,
your country could not afford full employment if your unemployed suddenly got
jobs tomorrow they would want a new car,,,IMPORTED, more fuel IMPORTED, new
washing machine IMPORTED, new TV IMPORTED..new mobile hone IMPORTED…better new
apartments RENT INCREASES OF ENORMOUS PERCENTAGES, new houses..IMPORTED FROM
CHINA, digital camera..IMPORTED, more food…IMPORTED FROM ASIA. How many
unemployed do you have now, plus how many homeless multiply that by total
expected imports + MULTI TRILLION DOLLAR BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICITS,
EXCALLATING WAGE DEMANDS= HYPER INFLATION FOR THE REST OF THE CURRENTLY
EMPLOYED PEOPLE, HIGHER INTEREST RATES TO 15% my guestimate. So may I suggest
you need just a few more in jobs but not everyone in jobs to disrupt your
current cozy lifestyle?

My current
annoyance with our Conservative Victorian State government in Australia is that
they require houses with 4 people who are unrelated to be registered with the
local council. ie 4 people or more…i might understand 10 or more but 4 is ridiculous
..as it makes it uneconomical to do so and with a shortage of accommodation
becoming critical it means that if I housed a woman with 2 children i would
have to register the house so i could accept another person in the home. Its
plain silly…its not a matter of trying to avoid income taxes which i declare anyway..its
the silly health rules, fees and other red tape which a smaller house would be
trapped into with government regulations, And further they could have repealed
these socialist type regulations brought in by the previous Socialist Labor
Government BUT they chose to keep them, which annoys me the most, nor are they
interested in reviewing these rules.

I have decided to go slow and even gone on strike permanently in Australia by
stopping to provide accommodation for the homeless due to the silly regulations
when even our so called free enterprise and pro business State government of Victoria has continues to
discourage investment in the area. I’m leaving it to the churches or the
government social workers to provide shelter to the homeless thieves and
vagabonds, due to the Gestapo type secret police rules they have introduced to
seek out any investor who dares to provide accommodation for 4 or more people
in a house unless they register with the local council. How dare I not comply
with their important regulations…loll Families of any number don’t need to
register but as soon as an investors DARES to rent out his rooms to 4 or more
people than that becomes a crime in the State of Victoria.

I say ….. Let
them sleep under bridges and on park benches. Or perhaps those do gooders in
the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria and the political members of
parliament who agree with such stupid laws…they perhaps could offer
accommodation to these “poor vulnerable” criminals themselves. What a load of nonscense...these people are not vunerable...its the churches who are preyed upon.

Yes I
agree we too have STUPID LAZY POLITICIANS who won’t do any of their own
research but are prepared to listen to TENANTS UNIONS and socialists who were
employed by the previous SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY. And still employed by our new
government SOCIALIST LIBERAL PARTY who claim to want to help small business.
What a laugh….

I should
advise that all homeless or unemployed in Australia receive government support
and rent assistance being enough to pay for a room and food which is their
choice to do and i provided rooms to many in crisis for rent, not charity. My
charity was accepting them on short notice when no one else would. I do not
provide food...i am able to provide a room for up to 15 -20 people in a government
registered building with fire safety regulations being metetc The building also has gas central heating
for cold winter months which is included in the rent i charge. The rooms are
furnished with refrigerator, bed etc. basics and sometimes a TV, but most have
their own TV or computer these days.

During our
interview process I set out house rules which they must agree to, these rules
are important to maintain the peace and good order and safety of all residents.
These rules require that they do not take or deal drugs on my property or to
invite any of their criminal associates onto my property which are banned
anyway and i advise them also that i give a list of residents to police in case
they thinking of hiding from police they best not accept to live in any of my
houses. I also tell them that i have given police permission to enter premises
without a Search Warrant at any time and they must agree to let them in...If
the police suspect any illegal activities in their room etc. That they not
attempt to borrow from other residents and NOT to bang on their doors at any
time or to make any noise after 9pm at night as some residents do work and need
a rested sleep. That all residents undertake to keep their rooms clean and to
help keep the general house and gardens clean. And I advise them that they must
pay their rent on time because I am providing them a room, a good mattress and
roof over their heads on time too. My rules are set for the benefit of everyone
and I advise them that if they break our agreement or become aggressive against
others they will be evicted and I do sometimes needing police assistance...

Whilst
some of my tenants became homeless due to relationship breakup or loss of a job
which meant they could no longer maintain a lease on an apartment and thus
might otherwise be honest and good citizens, some were thrown out by their
spouses because of their aggressive behavior or alcoholism or drug taking
affects or other behavioral problems and issues. The problem is some of these
people are REJECTS because their families and relatives don’t want them, their
girlfriends don’t want them, no one wants to live with them because of their behavioral
issues and we don’t want them either unless they accept our conditions,

Some
accept our conditions to get a room and then decide that they don’t like my
rules and want to take over management on their terms which does not suit me
and after a warning or two if they lucky we ask them to leave and go find
another abode who may wish to accept their terms and conditions and if they
behave themselves they will get time to find another room elsewhere where they
may be more appreciated. All like our facilities and don’t want to leave but as
they can’t accept our other terms. We evict sometimes with police assistance.
Many of these people have serious personality problems and can’t live with
anybody let alone their families, I don’t feel sorry for them if you knew the
disruption they can cause in a group accommodation facility I operate and
sleeping in a park or under a bridge would be good therapy and training for
them,

I'll tell
you a true story of a guy living with his girlfriend in one of my houses...he
became abusive against his gf and threw pizza around their room and was drunk
and disorderly so I evicted him for disturbing the peace. He went to live at
another rooming house where many violent criminals lived and there were no
rules...He got assaulted several times and left to live in a safer park bench.
He rang me up pleading to be permitted to return, I said NO. He begged so I
said that the only way I would accept him was if he understood a serious
Alcohol detox course and be successfully rehabilitated. With that he undertook
a 10 day course and showed me his certificate but i still said no to return to
live with his gf ...i permitted him to move into one of my country houses for a
long trial period...and only after i was sure that he was respecting my rules
did i allow him to return but in a separate room. This guy was not uneducated
he had been an electrical engineer and had been in the Army had previously been
married etc. but took to the drink as some people do. He now has been a great
help with my admiration of some of my houses, but i must say he is the
exception rather than the rule of people being rehabilitated.

Some
people leave of their own accord and if they are paid up when they request they
return, then if their behavior was according to my rules we usually accept them
again, however many are never accepted again and i feel no remorse for
rejecting them and they may need to sleep rough, not my problem, The problem
rests with those who choose to disrupt other people’s lives just so they can
get what they want.

I had
previously accepted referrals from social workers, unfortunately due to them
refusing to provide mental health information about these people ...they claim
PRIVACY RULES stopping them divulging vital information. I have stopped
accepting their referrals from the Salvation Army, and many other groups who
will hide the dangerous nature of their referrals just so they can get them
housed. It has been said that they earn a performance based commission from Community Services for finding accommodation of even the most dangerous, but this has not been confirmed yet. I say if they are safe, they can house them themselves in their own
homes, but don’t try putting the criminally insane and dangerous psychopaths
into our homes to disrupt our lives. Let them sleep in the streets so they can
maybe learn to conform or feel the snow, I'm sure many readers might agree with
me.